diff --git a/Dockerfile.core b/Dockerfile.core
index 0aa42d3..751318b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.core
+++ b/Dockerfile.core
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM 193044292705.dkr.ecr.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/common/maven:3.8.3-openjdk-17-slim as builder
-ARG ARTIFACT_VERSION=2.0.1-RELEASE
+ARG ARTIFACT_VERSION=2.0.2-SNAPSHOT
 RUN mkdir -p /build
 WORKDIR /build
 COPY . /build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ RUN mvn clean install -DskipTests
 RUN mvn clean verify -DskipTests -Dartifact.version=${ARTIFACT_VERSION}
 
 FROM 193044292705.dkr.ecr.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/common/openjdk:17-slim-bullseye
-ARG ARTIFACT_VERSION=2.0.1-RELEASE
+ARG ARTIFACT_VERSION=2.0.2-SNAPSHOT
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/local
 RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get -y install fontconfig libpng-dev
 WORKDIR /usr/local/
diff --git a/Dockerfile.proxy b/Dockerfile.proxy
index 7f7cb95..1c2b24c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.proxy
+++ b/Dockerfile.proxy
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM 193044292705.dkr.ecr.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/common/maven:3.8.3-openjdk-17-slim as builder
-ARG ARTIFACT_VERSION=2.0.1-RELEASE
+ARG ARTIFACT_VERSION=2.0.2-SNAPSHOT
 RUN mkdir -p /build
 WORKDIR /build
 COPY . /build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ RUN mvn clean install -DskipTests
 RUN mvn clean verify -DskipTests -Dartifact.version=${ARTIFACT_VERSION}
 
 FROM 193044292705.dkr.ecr.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/common/openjdk:17-slim-bullseye
-ARG ARTIFACT_VERSION=2.0.1-RELEASE
+ARG ARTIFACT_VERSION=2.0.2-SNAPSHOT
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/local
 RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get -y install fontconfig libpng-dev
 WORKDIR /usr/local/
diff --git a/litmus-cache/pom.xml b/litmus-cache/pom.xml
index 878741f..a2678d3 100644
--- a/litmus-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/litmus-cache/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>litmus</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+    <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>litmus-cache</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+  <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>litmus-cache</name>
 
diff --git a/litmus-client/pom.xml b/litmus-client/pom.xml
index 7772cbd..90e498d 100644
--- a/litmus-client/pom.xml
+++ b/litmus-client/pom.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>litmus</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+    <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>litmus-client</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+  <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>litmus-client</name>
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
       <artifactId>litmus-model</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/litmus-client/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/client/OkHttpClientContainer.java b/litmus-client/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/client/OkHttpClientContainer.java
index 7f4ba94..3ca58c2 100644
--- a/litmus-client/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/client/OkHttpClientContainer.java
+++ b/litmus-client/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/client/OkHttpClientContainer.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class OkHttpClientContainer {
             synchronized (OkHttpClientContainer.class) {
                 if (okHttpClient == null) {
                     okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
-                        .readTimeout(10, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+                        .readTimeout(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                         .callTimeout(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                         .connectTimeout(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                         .build();
diff --git a/litmus-core/pom.xml b/litmus-core/pom.xml
index 1e8209a..c391c73 100644
--- a/litmus-core/pom.xml
+++ b/litmus-core/pom.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>litmus</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+    <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>litmus-core</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+  <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>litmus-core</name>
 
@@ -31,25 +31,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
       <artifactId>litmus-model</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
       <artifactId>litmus-db</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
       <artifactId>litmus-cache</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
       <artifactId>litmus-util</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/config/SwaggerConfig.java b/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/config/SwaggerConfig.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 05181d8..0000000
--- a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/config/SwaggerConfig.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package com.navi.medici.config;
-
-
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-
-@Configuration
-public class SwaggerConfig {
-
-//    @Bean
-//    public Docket api() {
-//        return new Docket(DocumentationType.SWAGGER_2)
-//            .select()
-//            .apis(RequestHandlerSelectors.any())
-//            .paths(regex("/litmus-core/.*"))
-//            .build();
-//    }
-
-}
diff --git a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/service/experiment/ExperimentServiceImpl.java b/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/service/experiment/ExperimentServiceImpl.java
index 3033b33..d597840 100644
--- a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/service/experiment/ExperimentServiceImpl.java
+++ b/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/service/experiment/ExperimentServiceImpl.java
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ import com.navi.medici.response.LitmusExperimentCollection;
 import com.navi.medici.strategy.ActivationStrategy;
 import com.navi.medici.util.JacksonUtils;
 import com.navi.medici.variants.VariantDefinition;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 @Service
@@ -94,14 +97,19 @@ public record ExperimentServiceImpl(IExperimentQuery experimentQuery,
     }
 
     private LitmusExperiment build(ExperimentEntity experimentEntity) {
+        List<VariantDefinition> variants = StringUtils.isBlank(experimentEntity.getVariants()) ? Collections.emptyList() :
+            jacksonUtils.stringToListObject(experimentEntity.getVariants(), VariantDefinition.class);
+        List<ActivationStrategy> strategies = StringUtils.isBlank(experimentEntity.getStrategies()) ? Collections.emptyList() :
+            jacksonUtils.stringToListObject(experimentEntity.getStrategies(), ActivationStrategy.class);
+
         return LitmusExperiment.builder()
             .experimentId(experimentEntity.getExperimentId())
             .name(experimentEntity.getName())
             .description(experimentEntity.getDescription())
             .enabled(experimentEntity.getEnabled())
             .archived(experimentEntity.getArchived())
-            .strategies(jacksonUtils.stringToListObject(experimentEntity.getStrategies(), ActivationStrategy.class))
-            .variants(jacksonUtils.stringToListObject(experimentEntity.getVariants(), VariantDefinition.class))
+            .strategies(strategies)
+            .variants(variants)
             .type(experimentEntity.getType())
             .startTime(experimentEntity.getStartTime())
             .endTime(experimentEntity.getEndTime())
diff --git a/litmus-db/pom.xml b/litmus-db/pom.xml
index 06a042f..fddf879 100644
--- a/litmus-db/pom.xml
+++ b/litmus-db/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>litmus</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+    <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>litmus-db</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+  <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>litmus-db</name>
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
       <artifactId>litmus-model</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/litmus-liquibase/pom.xml b/litmus-liquibase/pom.xml
index 2d919a6..6b9a955 100644
--- a/litmus-liquibase/pom.xml
+++ b/litmus-liquibase/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>litmus</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+    <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>litmus-liquibase</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+  <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>litmus-liquibase</name>
 
diff --git a/litmus-mock/pom.xml b/litmus-mock/pom.xml
index 50a1864..621fd8c 100644
--- a/litmus-mock/pom.xml
+++ b/litmus-mock/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>litmus</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+    <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>litmus-mock</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+  <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>litmus-mock</name>
 
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
       <artifactId>litmus-model</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
       <artifactId>litmus-client</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/litmus-model/pom.xml b/litmus-model/pom.xml
index c05a2cd..8da069a 100644
--- a/litmus-model/pom.xml
+++ b/litmus-model/pom.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>litmus</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+    <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>litmus-model</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+  <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>litmus-model</name>
 
diff --git a/litmus-proxy/pom.xml b/litmus-proxy/pom.xml
index 4de3d3b..8247c26 100644
--- a/litmus-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/litmus-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>litmus</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+    <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>litmus-proxy</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+  <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>litmus-proxy</name>
 
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
       <artifactId>litmus-model</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
       <artifactId>litmus-client</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/litmus-util/pom.xml b/litmus-util/pom.xml
index 7903351..07de400 100644
--- a/litmus-util/pom.xml
+++ b/litmus-util/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>litmus</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+    <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>litmus-util</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+  <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>litmus-util</name>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee16b76..c68199e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.navi.medici</groupId>
   <artifactId>litmus</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1-RELEASE</version>
+  <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>litmus</name>